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Folk and ethnic dancing in wood engravings

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Prints depicting dance

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Title
Folk and ethnic dancing in wood engravings
Additional title: Illustrated London news
Additional title: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion
Additional title: Harper's Weekly
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1800 - 1899 (Approximate)
Table of Contents
Twelfth-day custom at Havana [Cuba; sheet also includes engravings captioned Valparaiso and the late Captain Walker, Texan Rangers], Illustrated London News, Jan. 15, 1848 -- Village dancers [Egypt] / [signed on matrix] C. Rud. Nuber [?] -- Dance in the ruins of Karnak [Egypt] -- Christmas in north Germany -- Representation of a dance of the Sandwich Islanders [Hawaii] -- Les Cathacks [i.e., Kathaks?, India] / [initialed on matrix] A de N -- Native dance of the Hindoo girls [India] -- Nautch girls in India dancing before a European party; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Lady's Almanac for 1867 -- Un nautch ou danse de bayadères, a Bombay / [signed on matrix] Ja. Ettlince [?] sc. -- Une scene a Palibothra, d'apres les bas-reliefs de Sanchi [India] / [signatures on matrix are difficult to read] -- War dance of New Zealanders [sheet also includes engravings captioned Waimati Church and burial place of British officers; Commanding officers, Wau Rua Pekareka; External cavern; Internal cavern and connecting passage; Group of Maories], Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Mar. 18, 1854 -- Figures of Russian peasantry in silver -- A dance at Gilghit [Tibet], Illustrated London News, Feb. 12, 1870 -- Lama dance at Jummoo, performed before the Prince of Wales, from a sketch by one of our special artists, Illustrated London News, Feb. 26, 1876 / [initialed on matrix] WJP, WHO -- Lama dance at Jummoo, performed before the Prince of Wales, Harper's Weekly, supplement, Apr. 1, 1876 / [initialed on matrix] WJP, WHO -- [Dancing couple with two musicians, West Indies], Brookes's Universal Gazetteer, 1840.
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFX Fol 5-20
Topics
Folk dancing -- Cuba
Dance -- Egypt
Folk dancing -- Germany
Dance -- Hawaii
Dance -- India
Dance -- West Indies
Folk dancing, Maori
Genres
Prints
Illustrations
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Acquisition: War dance of New Zealanders Gift; Lillian Moore.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 16 prints : 40 x 40 cm. or smaller
Description
Collection culled from a variety of sources, chiefly illustrated periodicals and books, most of them dating from the nineteenth century. Some items have been trimmed of their captions and/or publication data, making identification of their sources difficult. Among the known sources of these prints are the Illustrated London News and Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. Many of these images have a journalistic sense of immediacy and authenticity, though the engravers may have been working far from the actual scene, basing their pictures on sketches provided by artists in the field. Some of the prints include non-dance subject matter. The collection has been arranged alphabetically by geographical location.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
French
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 825772842
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19760337
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a0ae67c0-ed3c-0133-bc62-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1800: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Folk and ethnic dancing in wood engravings" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1800 - 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0fba1e0-f05c-0133-5d3e-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Folk and ethnic dancing in wood engravings" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0fba1e0-f05c-0133-5d3e-00505686a51c

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1800 - 1899). Folk and ethnic dancing in wood engravings Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0fba1e0-f05c-0133-5d3e-00505686a51c

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Folk and ethnic dancing in wood engravings